diff --git a/examples/chadrc.lua b/examples/chadrc.lua
index 9b03aab..6aa2521 100644
--- a/examples/chadrc.lua
+++ b/examples/chadrc.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 -- Just an example, supposed to be placed in /lua/custom/
 
--- remove this if you dont use custom.init.lua at all
-require "custom"
-
 local M = {}
 
 -- make sure you maintain the structure of `core/default_config.lua` here,